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Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn that smoke from wildland fires can either disperse readily or stick around, reducing visibility on the earth’s surface and making it difficult to breathe. Then they apply health guidelines regarding smoke to a very important…
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Year: 2017
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: PM - particulate matter, visibility, air quality, human health
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn about the composition of smoke from wildland fire, how it disperses, and its health impacts. They do a pre-class reading assignment and worksheet. During class, they discuss the pre-class reading, watch a video or demonstration…
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Year: 2017
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): California
Keywords: PM - particulate matter, inversion, PM2.5, atmospheric dynamics
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn that smoke from wildland fires can either disperse readily or stick around, reducing visibility on the earth’s surface and making it difficult to breathe. From a demonstration, they learn that long-term smoke episodes caused by…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): California
Keywords: inversion, PM - particulate matter, fire-induced atmospheric conditions, visibility, human health
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn that smoke from wildland fires can either disperse readily or stick around, reducing visibility on the earth’s surface and making it difficult to breathe. Then they apply health guidelines regarding smoke to a very important…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): California
Keywords: human health, air quality, PM - particulate matter, visibility